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Lexicon :: Strong's H2568 - ḥāmēš

Aa
חָמֵשׁ
Transliteration
ḥāmēš
Pronunciation
khaw-maysh'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive numeral
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: TWOT- 686a

Strong’s Definitions

חָמֵשׁ châmêsh, khaw-maysh'; masculine חֲמִשָּׁה chămishshâh; a primitive numeral; five:—fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 343x

The KJV translates Strong's H2568 in the following manner: five (300x), fifteenth (with H6240) (16x), fifteen (with H6240) (15x), fifth (6x), fifteen (with H7657) (3x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 343x
The KJV translates Strong's H2568 in the following manner: five (300x), fifteenth (with H6240) (16x), fifteen (with H6240) (15x), fifth (6x), fifteen (with H7657) (3x), variant (1x).
  1. five

    1. five (cardinal number)

    2. a multiple of five (with another number)

    3. fifth (ordinal number)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמֵשׁ châmêsh, khaw-maysh'; masculine חֲמִשָּׁה chămishshâh; a primitive numeral; five:—fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).
STRONGS H2568: Abbreviations
חָמֵשׁ, חֲמִשָּׁה 342 noun masculine and feminine five (Late Hebrew id.; id.; Aramaic חֲמֵשׁ, חַמְשָׁא, Wemfo, aXtwemfo; Phoenician חמשת; Palmyrene חמשא, with masculine noun, ReckendZMG 1888, 408; Assyrian ḫamšu, ḫamiltu Dl§ 75; Ethiopic ኀምስ፡ ኀምስቱ፡ Arabic خَمْسً, خَمْسَةً Sabean & Liḥyânian חֿמס DHMZMG xxix, 613; Epigr. Denkm. 71, 73); — masculine (with noun feminine) absolute חָמֵשׁ Genesis 5:6 + 94 times + Ezekiel 40:30 (strike out Greek Version of the LXXB Hi-Sm Co; Co strike out also in Ezekiel 40:25; Ezekiel 40:29; Ezekiel 40:33; Ezekiel 40:36) + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt (where read feminine with Qr); construct חֲמֵשׁ Genesis 5:10 + 67 times + Ezekiel 48:16 Kt; feminine (with noun masculine) absolute חֲמִשָּׁה see LagBN 80 Genesis 18:28 + 139 times (including Ezekiel 8:16 strike out B Co and others); construct חֲמֵשֶׁת Numbers 3:47 (twice in verse) + 26 times; — on plural חֲמִשִּׁים fifty, see below; — five, in Hexateuch chiefly P; —
1. without other numeral:
a. חָמֵשׁ before feminine plural noun Genesis 43:34 + 35 times; before collective noun צאֹן ח׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; see also בָּאַמָּה ח׳ five in cubit(s)=five cubits 1 Kings 7:23; 1 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 4:2; after noun (late) 2 Kings 8:16 (בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ לְיוֺרָםin the fifth year) + 6 times Chronicles; no noun expressed 1 Kings 7:39 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:49 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 3:20; 2 Chronicles 4:7 (twice in verse).
b. חֲמִשָּׁה before masculine plural noun Genesis 47:2 + 18 times; after noun Exodus 36:38 + 36 times Numbers (all P); no noun expressed Genesis 14:9 (only here with article) + 20 times.
c. חֲמֵשׁ before noun (usually defined; except מֵאוֺת, אֲלָפִים, see 3, 4) Exodus 26:3, 9; Exodus 36:10, 16 + Ezekiel 42:16 אַמּוֺת ח׳ Kt, but Qr מאות ח׳, see below.
d. חֲמֵשֶׁת חַמְּלָכִים Joshua 10:5 + 5 times; הָאֲנָשִׁים ח׳ Judges 18:7, 14, 17; שׁקלים ח׳ Numbers 18:16; also, distributive, שְׁקָלִים ח׳ ח׳ Numbers 3:47; הַסְּרָנִים ח׳ Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3; 1 Samuel 6:18; בני מ׳ ח׳ 2 Samuel 21:8.
e.=ordinal, בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ ליורם 2 Kings 8:16 the fifth (year) of Joram; בַּחֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ on the fifth (day) of the month Ezekiel 1:1, 2; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 33:21; (so also 15th, 25th, etc.)
2. ח׳ combined with עשׂר, עשׂרה tenfifteen:
a. חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (with noun feminine) Genesis 5:10; Genesis 7:20; Exodus 27:14, 15; Exodus 38:14, 15; 2 Kings 14:17, 23; 2 Kings 20:6; 2 Chronicles 15:10; 25:25; Isaiah 38:5.
b. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר (with noun masculine),
(1) after noun Esther 9:21;
(2) before noun Exodus 16:1 (= ordinal fifteenth, so Leviticus 23:6 +) Hosea 3:2 +.
c. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר before noun 2 Samuel 19:18 +.
d. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר, without noun=ordinal fifteenth 1 Chronicles 24:14 +4 times + Ezekiel 45:12 (read חֲמִשִּׁים A Hi Co).
3. חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת=500 Genesis 5:30, 32 + 49 times + Ezekiel 42:16 Qr.
4. חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים=5000 Numbers 31:32; Joshua 8:12; Judges 20:45; 1 Samuel 17:5; Ezekiel 45:6; Ezekiel 48:15; 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 35:9; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:69; — in 25,000, 35,000 etc. חֲמִשָּׁה (usually without א׳) precedes the 20,000, 30,000, etc.
5. with other numerals:
a. חָמֵשׁ before larger numeral:
(1) noun repeated Genesis 5:6 + 4 times;
(2) noun with 2nd number only, Genesis 5:17 + 8 times + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt;
(3) noun with בְּ with 2nd number Ezekiel 40:21 + 2 times
b. חָמֵשׁ after larger number:
(1) noun repeated Genesis 25:7;
(2) noun following ח׳ (only) Judges 14:10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration);
(3) noun before both numbers, stative absolute, 2 Chronicles 3:15; stative construct 2 Chronicles 15:19.
c. no noun expressed, ח׳ between other number, e.g. ושׁבעים שֵׁשׁ מאות ח׳ Numbers 31:37.
d. חֲמִשָּׁה before larger number, noun following larger number Numbers 1:25 + 22 times
e. ח׳ follows, and
(1) is followed by noun Judges 20:35 + 7 times;
(2) noun precedes both 1 Kings 7:3; Jeremiah 52:30.
f. ח׳ precedes, no noun expressed 1 Kings 5:12.
g. ח׳ follows, no noun expressed Genesis 18:28 +.
h. no noun expressed ח׳ between other number Exodus 38:28; Ezra 2:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:6; 5:6; 5:10; 5:10; 5:17; 5:30; 5:32; 7:20; 14:9; 18:28; 18:28; 25:7; 43:34; 47:2

Exodus

16:1; 26:3; 26:9; 27:14; 27:15; 36:10; 36:16; 36:38; 38:14; 38:15; 38:28

Leviticus

23:6

Numbers

1:25; 3:47; 3:47; 18:16; 31:32; 31:37

Joshua

8:12; 10:5; 13:3

Judges

3:3; 14:10; 18:7; 18:14; 18:17; 20:35; 20:45

1 Samuel

6:18; 17:5; 25:18

2 Samuel

19:18; 21:8

1 Kings

5:12; 7:3; 7:23; 7:39; 7:49

2 Kings

8:16; 8:16; 14:17; 14:23; 20:6

1 Chronicles

3:20; 11:23; 24:14; 29:7

2 Chronicles

3:15; 4:2; 4:7; 15:10; 15:19; 25:25; 35:9

Ezra

1:11; 2:5; 2:69

Esther

9:21

Isaiah

38:5

Jeremiah

52:30

Ezekiel

1:1; 1:2; 8:1; 8:16; 33:21; 40:21; 40:25; 40:29; 40:30; 40:33; 40:36; 42:16; 42:16; 45:3; 45:3; 45:6; 45:12; 48:15; 48:16

Hosea

3:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2568 matches the Hebrew חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš),
which occurs 345 times in 272 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 5:6–Lev 23:39)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6 -

Now Seth H8352 lived H2421 105 H3967 H2568 years H8141, and fathered H3205 Enosh H583.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - Then Enosh H583 lived H2421 815 H8083 H3967 H2568 H6240 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Kenan H7018, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Enosh H583 were 905 H8672 H3967 H2568 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:15 -

Now Mahalalel H4111 lived H2421 sixty-five H8346 H2568 years H8141, and fathered H3205 Jared H3382.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Mahalalel H4111 were 895 H8083 H3967 H8673 H2568 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:21 -

Now Enoch H2585 lived H2421 sixty-five H8346 H2568 years H8141, and fathered H3205 Methuselah H4968.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Enoch H2585 were 365 H7969 H3967 H8346 H2568 years H8141.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - Then Lamech H3929 lived H2421 595 H2568 H3967 H8673 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Noah H5146, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 -

Now after Noah H5146 was five H2568 hundred H3967 years H8141 old H1121, Noah H5146 fathered H3205 Shem H8035, Ham H2526, and Japheth H3315.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - The water H4325 prevailed H1396 [fn]fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits H520 higher H4605, and the mountains H2022 were covered H3680.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11 - and Shem H8035 lived H2421 five H2568 hundred H3967 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Arpachshad H775, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:12 -

Arpachshad H775 lived H2421 thirty-five H7970 H2568 years H8141, and fathered H3205 Shelah H7974;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - The days H3117 of Terah H8646 were 205 H3967 H2568 years H8141; and Terah H8646 died H4191 in Haran H2771.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 -

So Abram H87 went H1980 away as the LORD H3068 had spoken H1696 to him; and Lot H3876 went H1980 with him. Now Abram H87 was seventy-five H7657 years H8141 old H1121 when he departed H3318 from Haran H2771.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - against H854 Chedorlaomer H3540 king H4428 of Elam H5867, Tidal H8413 king H4428 of [fn]Goiim H1471, Amraphel H569 king H4428 of Shinar H8152, and Arioch H746 king H4428 of Ellasar H495—four H702 kings H4428 against H854 five H2568.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - “Suppose H194 the fifty H2572 righteous H6662 are lacking H2637 five H2568, will You destroy H7843 the entire H3605 city H5892 because of five H2568?” And He said H559, “I will not destroy H7843 it if H518 I find H4672 forty-five H705 H2568 there H8033.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7 -

These H428 are [fn]all H3117 the years H8141 of Abraham’s H85 life H2416 that he lived H2421, 175 H3967 H7657 years H8141.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - Then he took H5375 portions H4864 to them from [fn]his own table H6440, but Benjamin’s H1144 portion H4864 was H7235 five H2568 times H3027 as much H7235 as any H3605 of theirs. So they drank H8354 freely H7937 with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - “For the famine H7458 has been in the land H776 these H2088 two years H8141, and there are still H5750 five H2568 years H8141 in which H834 there H369 will H369 be H369 neither H369 plowing H2758 nor H369 harvesting H7105.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - “There H8033 I will also provide H3557 for you, for there are still H5750 five H2568 years H8141 of famine H7458 to come, and you and your household H1004 and all H3605 that you have would be impoverished H3423.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - To [fn]each H3605 H376 of them he gave H5414 changes H2487 of garments H8071, but to Benjamin H1144 he gave H5414 three H7969 hundred H3967 pieces of silver H3701 and five H2568 changes H2487 of garments H8071.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2 - And he took H3947 five H2568 men H376 from among H7097 his brothers H251 and presented H3322 H6440 them to Pharaoh H6547.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 -

Then they set H5265 out H5265 from Elim H362, and all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 to the wilderness H4057 of Sin H5512, which H834 is between H996 Elim H362 and Sinai H5514, on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the second H8145 month H2320 after their departure H3318 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 -

[fn]If H3588 someone H376 steals H1589 an ox H7794 or H176 a sheep H7716 and slaughters H2873 it or H176 sells H4376 it, he shall pay H7999 five H2568 oxen H1241 for the ox H7794 and four H702 sheep H6629 for the sheep H7716

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - “Five H2568 curtains H3407 shall be [fn]joined H2266 to one H802 another H259, and the other five H2568 curtains H3407 shall be [fn]joined H2266 to one H802 another H259.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - “You shall [fn]join H2266 five H2568 curtains H3407 by H905 themselves H905 and the other six H8337 curtains H3407 by H905 themselves H905, and you shall double H3717 over H3717 the sixth H8345 curtain H3407 [fn]at the front H6440 of the tent H168.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 -

“Then you shall make H6213 bars H1280 of acacia H7848 wood H6086, five H2568 for the boards H7175 of one H259 side H6763 of the tabernacle H4908,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:27 - and five H2568 bars H1280 for the boards H7175 of the [fn]other H8145 side H6763 of the tabernacle H4908, and five H2568 bars H1280 for the boards H7175 of the side H6763 of the tabernacle H4908 for the [fn]back H3411 side to the west H3220.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - “And you shall make H6213 five H2568 pillars H5982 of acacia H7848 for the curtain H4539 and overlay H6823 them with gold H2091, their hooks H2053 also of gold H2091; and you shall cast H3332 five H2568 bases H134 of [fn]bronze H5178 for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 -

“Now you shall make H6213 the altar H4196 of acacia H7848 wood H6086, [fn]five H2568 cubits H520 long H753 and five H2568 cubits H520 wide H7341; the altar H4196 shall be square H7251, and its height H6967 shall be [fn]three H7969 cubits H520.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - “The hangings H7050 for the one [fn]side H3802 of the gate shall be [fn]fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits H520, with their three H7969 pillars H5982 and their three H7969 bases H134.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15 - “And for the [fn]other H8145 [fn]side H3802 there shall be hangings H7050 of fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits, with their three H7969 pillars H5982 and their three H7969 bases H134.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - “The length H753 of the courtyard H2691 shall be a [fn]hundred H3967 cubits H520, and the width H7341 fifty H2572 throughout, and the height H6967 five H2568 cubits H520 of fine H8336 twisted H7806 linen H8336, and their bases H134 of bronze H5178.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - “Take H3947 also for yourself the finest H7218 of spices H1314: of liquid H1865 myrrh H4753 [fn]five H2568 hundred H3967 shekels, and of fragrant H1314 cinnamon H7076 half H4276 as H4276 much H4276, 250 H3967 H2572, and of fragrant H1314 cane H7070 250 H3967 H2572,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and of cassia H6916 500 H2568 H3967, according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944, and of olive H2132 oil H8081 a [fn]hin H1969.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:10 - He [fn]joined H2266 five H2568 curtains H3407 to one H259 another H259, and the other five H2568 curtains H3407 he [fn]joined H2266 to one H259 another H259.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:16 - He [fn]joined H2266 five H2568 curtains H3407 by H905 themselves H905, and the other six H8337 curtains H3407 by H905 themselves H905.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31 -

Then he made H6213 bars H1280 of acacia H7848 wood H6086, five H2568 for the boards H7175 of one H259 side H6763 of the tabernacle H4908,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32 - and five H2568 bars H1280 for the boards H7175 of the [fn]other H8145 side H6763 of the tabernacle H4908, and five H2568 bars H1280 for the boards H7175 of the tabernacle H4908 for the [fn]back H3411 side to the west H3220.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and he made its five H2568 pillars H5982 with their hooks H2053, and he overlaid H6823 their tops H7218 and their [fn]bands H2838 with gold H2091; but their five H2568 bases H134 were of [fn]bronze H5178.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 -

Then he made H6213 the altar H4196 of burnt H5930 offering H5930 of acacia H7848 wood H6086, [fn]five H2568 cubits H520 [fn]long H753, and five H2568 cubits H520 [fn]wide H7341, square H7251, and three H7969 cubits H520 [fn]high H6967.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings H7050 for the one [fn]side H3802 of the gate were fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits H520, with their three H7969 pillars H5982 and their three H7969 bases H134,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - and so for the [fn]other H8145 [fn]side H3802. [fn]On both H4480 H2088 sides H3802 of the gate H8179 of the courtyard H2691 were hangings H7050 of fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits H520, with their three H7969 pillars H5982 and their three H7969 bases H134.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - Now the curtain H4539 of the gate H8179 of the courtyard H2691 was the work H4639 of the [fn]weaver H7551, of [fn]violet H8504, purple H713, and scarlet H8144 material and fine H8336 twisted H7806 linen H8336. And the length H753 was twenty H6242 cubits H520 and the [fn]height H6967 was five H2568 cubits H520, corresponding H5980 to the hangings H7050 of the courtyard H2691.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - And the silver H3701 of those of the congregation H5712 who were [fn]counted H6485 was a hundred H3967 talents H3603 and 1,775 H505 H7651 H3967 H2568 H7657 shekels H8255, according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a beka H1235 a head H1538 (that is, half H4276 a shekel H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944), assessed to each H3605 one H3605 who passed H5674 over H5674 to those who were [fn]counted H6485, from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605, for 603,550 H8337 H3967 H505 H7969 H2568 H2572 men.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - And of the 1,775 H505 H7651 H3967 H2568 H7657 shekels, he made H6213 hooks H2053 for the pillars H5982, and overlaid H6823 their tops H7218 and made H2836 [fn]bands H2836 for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:6 - ‘Then on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the same H2088 month H2320 there is the Feast H2282 of Unleavened H4682 Bread H4682 to the LORD H3068; for seven H7651 days H3117 you shall eat H398 unleavened H4682 bread H4682.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - “Speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, saying H559, ‘On the fifteenth H2568 H6240 of this H2088 [fn]seventh H7637 month H2320 is the Feast H2282 of Booths H5521 for seven H7651 days H3117 to the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 -

‘On exactly H389 the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the seventh H7637 month H2320, when you have gathered H622 in H622 the crops H8393 of the land H776, you shall celebrate H2287 the feast H2282 of the LORD H3068 for seven H7651 days H3117, with a [fn]rest H7677 on the first H7223 day H3117 and a [fn]rest H7677 on the eighth H8066 day H3117.


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